Everything Foster Care.
This podcast is dedicated to talking to experts and others about all aspects of death and dying. You know, that thing we don't really want to talk about!
As a hospice carer and former psychiatric nurse as well as writer and former Theatre director, I invite guests to talk about their roles in and what to expect in the last four weeks of life. What happens to the person dying, what help is there, what to do before and after the event.
Many of the families we go in to see have one thing in common and that is that they don't know what to expect. I thought that a Podcast may help and then discovered so much to explore that is of interest to people such as alternative funerals, what do Hospices actually do, what role do religions play?
So join me for the first interview as we begin this Podcast with Clinical Nurse Specialist Becky Rix where we grasp the nettle and discuss what happens to us generally in those last four weeks.
Time to explore "Everything End of Life".
Episodes
9 episodes
Support That Makes Fostering Work
Thinking about fostering or already caring and craving steadier ground? We talk to the team from Foster Talk about the varied and in depth that they provide in addition to your local authority or independent care agency and open the door on wha...
Why Disability-Focused Fostering Is Easier Than You Think And Richer Than You Imagine
What if children with complex health needs didn’t have to grow up in hospitals or residential units, but could experience everyday family life instead with your help? We sit down with Richard Powell, managing director of Credo Care,...
Max, Care, and the Making of an Author
A name mispronounced, a laugh shared, and then the door opens onto a life where books were the only safe room in the house. We sit down with author and playwright Alan Dapré—63 children’s books and counting—to explore how a childhood in care, a...
From Newt To Penguin: Writing For Neurodivergent Kids
A child doesn’t need every word to make sense; they need a safe space where rhythm, pictures, and patience invite them in. That’s the spirit of our conversation with author-illustrator Carly Ann Osborne, who blends classroom experience with cre...
What It Feels Like To Be In Care And Why More Carers Matter
What does care feel like when you are the child being moved, matched, and measured? 'The Hidden Poet' who helps us to understand what it's like to be a powerless child being moved from placement to placement.From the first emergency plac...
A Funeral Director Explains Why Personalised Goodbyes Heal Better Than Tradition
Grief doesn’t move in tidy stages, and goodbyes don’t have to look or sound the same. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with funeral director and embalmer Allyse Worland, a first‑generation professional who’s spent nearly seventeen years...
Breaking Barriers in Foster Care
People, we need more people to consider becoming Foster carers which is a paid profession! See if this is for you and if you can get involved.Dive into the heart of foster care with Elle, the passionate founder of Eastern Fostering Servi...
Sir John Timpson on Family Values Shape a Business Empire and 90 Foster Children
Discover the remarkable journey of Sir John Timpson, who transformed both his family's historic business and countless lives through revolutionary management practices and profound personal commitment to fostering children.From the humb...
From Hurricane to Home: How Fostering Changed Our Family Forever
A family transformed by fostering shares their raw, honest journey of opening their home to two young children from backgrounds of neglect. After a year of fostering two siblings who arrived unable to use cutlery, without proper clothing, and n...